G.W. Bush Revelation: Bush Thought 9/11 Flt. 93 Was Shot Down on His Orders

An interesting short revelation coming via George W. Bush's new book, Decision Points. The president thought United 93 was brought down in the field in Pennsylvania, after being shot down on his orders.

George W. Bush

Of course, that is not what happened. Passengers stormed the cockpit after learning of the two attacks on the World Trade Towers, and the plane crashed during the fight that ensued.

Bush issued the order to shoot down any hijacked flight that day. Think of the anguish of believing you ordered innocent Americans to die. How he felt after learning the truth is not mentioned in this tease of the coming release of Decision Points on November 9th.

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Judge Napolitano: FDR's State - LBJ's Society: The History of Liberty Part 4 Video

This excellent video series, Part 4 of the History of Liberty, cover's Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) "State" and Lyndon Baines Johnson's (LBJ) "Society." We need Judge Andrew Napolitano on the Supreme Court.

Judge Napolitano History Liberty Part 4 (video)

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Fidel Castro Obama Will Avoid Nuclear War

Fidel Castro is back at the podium after four years out of the limelight. Brother Raul Castro sat on the sidelines where he will likely be relegated until Fidel's next hospitalization. The chamber of the National Assembly of People's Power adored him, cheered wildly, and sent kisses his way. The "comandante" took the opportunity to tell the people he is certain Barack Obama is man-enough to avoid a nuclear showdown with Iran, and that a nuclear war rests solely on Obama's shoulders.

Fidel Castro

Since you haven't heard from Fidel for a few years now, let me provide the latest:

`One man alone will have to make the decision: The president of the United States,'' Castro said, because Iran will not bow to U.S. and Israeli demands to halt its nuclear program.

If Obama approves an attack on Iran, he added, he will trigger a war that will spread through the Middle East and Asia and cause ``the instantaneous death of hundreds of millions people, among them an incalculable number of people in his own country.''

The ``established order of the planet ... will inevitably collapse, the reigning social order will disappear abruptly'' and all currencies will be worthless, he added.

Castro noted that ``as luck would have it, ,'' Obama's father was Muslim and his mother was Christian and added he hoped the U.S. president will become conscious of the threat to world peace.

In comparison, he called Richard Nixon a ``cynic,'' branded Ronald Reagan and Harry Truman as ``ignorant'' and called Jimmy Carter ``a decent person.''

How about "The National Assembly of People's Power" in a country where the people have zero power.

Second American Revolution on the Horizon? Bill Clinton Lowered Nations Morality

From Investors.com writers Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins comes the question "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?" The writers suggest that to "prune" government we must start with "the imperial presidency."

Obama's Long Shadow Looms Over the White House

Christian and Robbins opine that Bill Clinton lowered the morality bar, which in turn lowered the "tone" and "strength of the nation." That opinion is also my long-held belief.

Once a State head could be kept cooling his heels in the White House Rose Garden while Monica Lewinsky tended to the President's urges, the image of the Oval Office was forever tainted. Even if the leader was Palestinian Yasser Arafat, who shouldn't have been invited to the White House anyway, Clinton's behavior was atrocious.

Knowing that Lewinsky described how she walked down a hallway with Clinton watching, lifted her jacket and flipped her thong undies, we no longer had illusions that voter's revered the esteemed nature of the office of the President of the United States. We had the goods on Clinton's marriage-straying ways before he was elected, but as with Barack Obama, people tend to vote for charming guys with charmless wives. Perhaps Democrats live vicariously through their pitiful leaders.

From Christian and Robbins - one of the best legitimate diatribes to date on Barack Obama.

Veteran Democrat Sen. Max Baucus blurted out that Obama is engineering the biggest government-forced "redistribution of income" in history.

Fear and uncertainty stalk the land. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says America's financial future is "unusually uncertain." 

 A Wall Street "fear gauge" based on predicted market volatility is flashing long-term panic. New data on the federal budget confirm that record-setting deficits in the $1.4 trillion range are now endemic. 

Obama is building an imperium of public debt and crushing taxes, contrary to George Washington's wise farewell admonition: "cherish public credit ... use it as sparingly as possible ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt ... bear in mind, that towards the payment of debts there must be Revenue, that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not ... inconvenient and unpleasant ... ."

 There is much more in this Investors.com article. I'll leave it to you to read, but will add more quote:

A wounded rampaging president can do much damage - and, like Caesar, the evil he does will live long after leaves office, whenever that may be.

 This article begs the question: when and how does a modern day American Revolution get underway? Thanks to Weazel Zippers for pointing the way.

Bill Clinton Goes Rogue: Bill Clinton Backs Incumbent Challenger to White House Pick

Bill Clinton has gone rogue and endorsed Andrew Romanoff, the Democrat challenger to Colorado's Senator Michael Bennet. Romanoff has been in the news lately, as he says the White House offered him other jobs if he would drop his challenge to Bennet. Don't confuse these claims of White House bribes with Joe Sestak. Romanoff is the second claim of such illegal shenanigans.

Andrew Romanoff

This report says Romanoff is the first candidate Bill Clinton has endorsed since leaving the White House. While Clinton didn't endorse Senator Blanche Lincoln, he campaigned with her, and is credited with giving her a second chance to come up for air and face the Republican candidate in November.

A SurveyUSA poll taken this month suggested that Mr. Romanoff has an uphill battle against Mr. Bennet, who was appointed to his seat after Ken Salazar became Interior Secretary. Mr. Bennet registered 52 per cent support in the poll compared to just 36 per cent for Mr. Romanoff.

So for Bill Clinton to step out and endorse a candidate who is not an incumbent is huge mammoth when you consider the White House did everything they could to remove Andrew Romanoff from the horizon of the U.S. Senate. Things must be getting a bit testy for Hillary.

Andrew brings to this race both an extraordinary record of public service and an extraordinary capacity to lead. I believe that those assets, as well as his deep commitment to Colorado, give him the best chance to hold this seat in November," Mr. Clinton wrote. "I support Andrew Romanoff, and I hope you will too."

Don't forget, Obama sent Bill Clinton to Rep. Joe Sestak to make the illegal bribe, which Sestak did not take, but spilled to the press. Romanoff has already received his bribes and refused them.

If Bill can pull this off, he and Hillary will seriously be considering another White House run in 2010. It is always about Bill, and going rogue for Bill Clinton is nothing new.

Obama First Female President - Offensive to all Conservative Women

Bill Clinton was the first black president in the U.S. The Washington Post posits that Obama may be the first woman president. On behalf of all Conservative women, I take umbrage and say this is incredibly offensive to each of us. To the Washington Post, make it clear, puh-leese that Obama may be the first Democrat female president, but in no way resembles any Conservative woman.

Elena Kagen Memos in Clinton White House to be Held by Obama Admin

No surprise here. The Obama administration believes they can withhold evidence at any time. No different in the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee - always one of the most important events in the governing of our Republic. This time, the Judiciary Committee is requesting the memos of Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagen, written while serving in the Clinton White House.

Elena Kagen

Obama and Bill are getting together to decide which documents to block. Obama's personal counsel, Robert Bauer, suggested the Judiciary Committee request the documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Republicans say that is "bizarre:"

...because...the Judiciary Committee's request is privileged, unlike a FOIA request. In other words, while Clinton can block the release of documents requested under FOIA, he can't block documents requested by the Committee....

Republicans also believe that between Bauer's statements and those of the White House, the plan might be to dump "hundreds of thousands of pages of documents as late as June 27, the day before the hearing...." Republicans, as the minority party, cannot reschedule the hearings, and apparently Democrats don't care what Kagen wrote, believed or believes.

A final issue of dispute regards whether Clinton retains authority to assert executive privilege over the documents. Under Executive Order 13489, enacted by Obama, only Obama can asset executive privilege to block the documents.

Kagen's paper-trail is almost non-existent, so the Clinton documents might lend the only insight into the beliefs of Elena Kagen.

Rahm Emanuel Directed Bill Clinton to Offer Joe Sestak a Job

A bribe via Rahm Emanuel, via former President Bill Clinton: If Sestak is smart, he will come clean, quickly and face the consequences, which will be few if he steps up now. I understand a Sestak press conference is imminent. The thing to remember is that the prize for the White House was moving Sestak aside to give Sen. Arlen Specter a chance to retain his senate seat from Pennsylvania (and vote for every Obama initiative). Every Pennsylvanian should be outraged. Updates as available, and after Sestak's presser. See updates below.

Barack Obama with Bill Clinton and Rahm Emanuel

A bribe via Rahm Emanuel, via former President Bill Clinton: If Sestak is smart, he will come clean, quickly and face the consequences, which will be few if he steps up now. I understand a Sestak press conference is imminent. The thing to remember is that the prize for the White House was moving Sestak aside to give Sen. Arlen Specter a chance to retain his senate seat from Pennsylvania (and vote for every Obama initiative). Every Pennsylvanian should be outraged. Updates as available, and after Sestak's presser. See updates below.

If Rahm Emanuel was involved as Greg Sargent at The Plum Line is reporting, we know that Obama had his Chicago hands all over it:

But the news that Clinton is at the center of this whole story is noteworthy on its own because of the former president's stature, and underscores how heavily invested the White House was in dissuading Sestak from running. The White House sent Clinton to talk to Sestak because Arlen Specter, constituting the 60th Dem vote in the Senate, was viewed as key to enacting Obama's agenda.

 Can it get any uglier than a former President doing this? Can you imagine George W. Bush offering a bribe like this - or any bribe for that matter?

Update 11:40 a.m.
From White House Counsel Robert Bauer via Fox News' Major Garrett from a White House Report:

White House key points, from Bauer (paraphrased):
1) There were "factual errors" in reporting
2) Sestak was not offered the job of Secretary of the Navy
3) At no time did Sestak seek the job of Secretary of the Navy
4) The offer was of uncompensated advisory board options
5) One option was for Sestak to stay in the house, and serve on advisory positions to President without compensation.
6) White House staff did not discuss the options with Sestak
7)Emanuel talked to Clinton about optional positions to offer
8) Nothing nefarious about it, and other administratons have done the same thing.

Just minutes ago [11:42 a.m.],  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) was on Fox News and said the "Statute" says that nothing of value can be legally offered, either  directly or indirectly, He also said Sestak has said that the White House had conversations with his [Sestak's] brother, who is his campaign manager

Update 1:00 p.m. EDT:
So, the White House and Sestak have their story worked out on Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend - what a classy bunch - absolutely not respect for American voters:
Sestak has issued a statement, but I'm not yet finding it on line. Originally, Sestak said Clinton/Rahm Emanuel offered him a" job, not an "advisory position." Today's story from Sestak, however,  says he was only offered a position on a presidential board, with no compensation, while remaining a U.S. Representative in the House.

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey on FOX said "this is politics as usual." To that comment, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said if that is true, let it stop now, and he said he would stop it! Mukasey said this would only break one of the statutes if the offer was for a position created by Congress, such as Secretary of Navy. Others are seeing it differently.

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Rush Limbaugh Deems Obama a Third World President Video: Refusal to Fly Flag at Haiti Rescue?

Rush Limbaugh says Obama is a third world President. Limbaugh has 'deemed' it so, so it must be so. Did you know we refused to fly the American flag at our Haiti rescue operation? The Army Times is wondering what's going on (quote below). Well, it might have something to do with the fact that we have a Third World President, trying to run the leader (the U.S.) of the Free World. See the video below of Limbaugh discussing our Third World leadership, then go to Hot Air for the rest of the story:

The many nations helping Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that struck there have set up their own military compunds and fly their flags at the entrances. 

France's tricolor, Britain's Union Jace and even Croatia's cost of arms flap in the breeze.

But the country whose contributions dwarf the rest of the world's -- the United States -- has no flag at its main installation near the Port-au-Prince airport.

Video courtesy of The Right Scoop.


Rush Deems Obama a Third World President (video)

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Funny or Die Presidential Reunion Video: George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan Star in FOD video

Funny or Die filmed a presidential reunion featuring Ronnie, Barack, The Bushes and Bill. The message supports the Consumers Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), which I'm not fond of - more big government control, and all that. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce does not support CFPA. But the message isn't obnoxious, and Bush isn't bashed any more than anyone else, although Barack receives a tad more protection than the others. It's a fun video.

Opie directs. Especially love Jim Carey as Reagan, Dana Carvey as Bush 41 and Will Ferrell as Bush 43.

The second video is a behind the scenes look at the good time had by all. You'll like it.

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Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell

President's Reunion Behind the Scenes - watch more funny videos

Will Ferrell as G. W. BushDana Carvey as George H. W. BushJim Carey stars as Ronald ReaganFred Armisen as BarackMaya Rudolph as MichelleDarrell Hammond as Bill ClintonChevy Chase as Gerald Ford Dan Akroyd as James Earl Carter 

Arianna Huffington says Hope Has been a Bust - Time for Hope 2.0

The title says it all, but if you want to get the whole story, go here. Huffington does say that Obama has been well-intentioned, but... (the link is now corrected - sorry about that)

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Arianna Huffington says Hope has been a Bust - Time for Hope 2.0   

Clinton Presidential Library Visitors Down 50%

The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Massage Parlor Museum saw the number of visitors drop by 50% from its first year in 2005. Abraham Lincoln's presidential museum is the most heavily visited of all presidential museums, and averages over 400,000 visitors a year in Springfield, Illinois. The Clinton museum drew 223,345 visitors in the last fiscal year.

Source: St. Louis Today

Julie Tauber McMahon was Bill Clintons Mistress? HuffPo Hides Bill Clintons Serial Cheating?

Oh well, it's only sex. The National Enquirer reported in June 2008 in a front page spread, that Bill Clinton's "longtime mistress" Julie Tauber-McMahon had dumped the former president, and on the campaign trail with Hillary, the distraught Bill cheated "non-stop" on the woman who-would-be president. It's only sex. No big deal. Right? No need to worry that a philandering First Gentleman is ripe for blackmail. Huffington Post reporter Mayhill Fowler knew the story, and said she "passed on it."

Julie Tauber-McMahon

Julie Tauber-McMahon, 48, is a very wealthy woman and the reports says she and Bill were together for years. She is the daughter of millionaire Joel Tauber. Both are huge Democrat donors. Julie reportedly  lives in Chappaqua, New York, a mere five miles from the Clinton's happy homestead.

The joke is on the American people. We need to get the message and peruse the pages of National Enquirer as we dither in the grocery line. The mainstream media will not report negatively on Democrats, even when national security could be at stake, because...it's only sex, with a side of blackmail possible - for the U.S. Secretary of State and her husband. Would Hillary throw him under the bus? Read more at GatewayPundit.

Photo Credit: The National Enquirer

Clinton Foundation Donors Revealed

The Clinton's, Bill and Hill, are honoring Barack Obama's commandment that they reveal, annually, all donors to Bill's Clinton Foundation. The latest list is out. Note this oddity:

It gave only cumulative ranges rather than precise donations, and didn't provide a fundraising total.

 In other words, Norway gave $10 million to $25 million. Oman gave $1 million to $5 million. (See the list of donors here)

Saudi businessman Hamza B. Al-Kholi, whose companies operate in the Middle East, Europe and United States...He gave at least $100,000.

Celebrity businessman Donald Trump, who gave $50,001 to $100,000 in all.

What's the difference between a few millions, huh? I think I'll report my charitable giving to the IRS as somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000 and see what happens.

JFK Naked Women on Boat? Senator John F. Kennedy Naked Women Cruise?

TMZ says experts say the photo below is not photoshopped. It appears to show John F. Kennedy (JFK) pre-Oval Office, perhaps while a U.S. Senator with a pregnant wife, relaxing on a yacht...naked beauties sunning above him, others jumping sans-bathing suit into the water. Is it real?

 JFK with Naked Women on Boat?

There are numerous articles and books on President John F. Kennedy which mention a 2-week, Mediterranean boating trip that JFK -- then a Senator -- took in August, 1956, with his brother Ted Kennedy and Senator George Smathers. The trio reportedly entertained a number of women on the yacht. Jackie Kennedy was pregnant at the time and was rushed to the hospital while JFK was on the boat. Doctors performed an emergency C-section, but the infant was stillborn.

Forensic analyst Sedlik superimposed an image of Kennedy taken at the Democratic National Convention in August 1956, just days before Kennedy went on the Mediterranean cruise. Sedlik says the features from the two pics almost precisely sync up. TMZ has also had two Kennedy biographers examine the photo -- they also believe JFK is in the picture.

Read the entire story and view the photo in high-resolution at TMZ.

Bill Clinton President for Life: Bill Clinton Term Limits a Good Thing

Lesson for America: term limits for Congress. Now! Bill Clinton admitted he would have preferred leaving the White House in a coffin.

The former President says he loves his current life and will leave the "politics to my wife...." We see the power grow in mammoth leaps in Washington, D.C. We must have term limits in Congress.

"It's good that we have a (term) limit. Otherwise I would have stayed until I was carried away in a coffin. Or defeated in an election," Clinton said at a conference in Istanbul. "I loved doing the job."

All we need is another narcisstic president with his own "national civilian security force," as well funded as our military, and a power-mongering, lying, devious Speaker of the House and a weasel guiding the Senate, with massive funds going to ACORN's voter fraud unit - and we have a fight on our hands.

George H.W. Bush Keith Olbermann: George H.W. Bush Rachel Maddow: 41 Names Names

Honestly, isn't it about time George H. W. Bush named some names? He named Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman, and tagged them "sick puppies." I'm liking it. I wish he had added Bill Clinton to the litter. See video below.

Thanks to Lonely Conservative.

George H. W. Bush - Rachel Maddow - Keith Olberman (video)

I thought the teaming of the two past presidents, G.H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to raise funds and awareness for very worthy philanthropic missions, like Hurricane Katrina, and the 2004 Tsunami, the embodiment of all that America is about, but 41 seemed so genuinely fond of 42 that it became nauseating after awhile. Clinton never really returned the affection or the compliments in full measure, and more than once publicly criticized the sitting president,  George W. Bush, who  always looked a bit like an intruder when the elders got together.  I wanted 41 to be friendly without being so chummy. It should be noted that 43 refused to utter a word of criticism about the Clintons.

Now that G. W. Bush is back home in Texas, he and Clinton, who G. W. says his mother treats as her son, are pairing up to take on national and international politics. Maybe 43 is filling-in because "Dad" can't get around so well these days - and of course, there is the money.  In May, former Presidents G. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton took the stage in Toronto. In the meantime, this week in fact, Clinton's wife Hillary carries on the blame-game for her husband. In February 2010 the "Presidents" will speak at the TD Ameritrade national conference. Looks like this will be a regularly appearing duo.

Air Force One Hourly Cost

The Pentagon reports that it costs $100,219.00 per hour to fly Air Force One without the President aboard. We can substantially "up" that cost with a presidential security detail, and other attendants to heirachy included.

Air Force One

The $100,219.00 estimate is up from the 2006 figure of $56,518.00 per hour.

The latest figures from the Pentagon do not include maintenance, and perhaps other "support" costs.

Hillary Clinton's Naked Aggression: Pakistan Outraged!

With Obama's performance at the U.N. and Bill Clinton claiming the "vast, right-wing conspiracy" that his wife claimed back in 1998 is still virulent today, the world is seeing us for who the Obama administration is (does that make sense?). Sure it does.

Thanks to my friend, ChicagoRay where I always find the pithiest videos.

Bill Clinton Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:

Interesting that Bill Clinton today, continues to perpetuate the fact of his infidelity as a lie, courtesy of a "vast, right-wing conspiracy." The real, first Black President of the U.S., Bill Clinton claims the "vast, right-wing conspiracy" his wife Hillary Clinton spoke of in a interview during the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, is now targeting the second Black President, Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm. See video below.

In 2001, Clinton was honored as the nation's "first black president" at the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.

Bill Clinton - Barack Hussein Obama

Speaking on Meet the Press (NBC), Bill Clinton said the "conspiracy" is as "virulent" now as it was then. Hillary Clinton's 1998 Today Show interview denying her husband was involved with Monica, said it was all a "vast, right-wing conspiracy." In the interest of "diversity,"Here are some other interesting thoughts:

Some historians have reason to believe people don't really understand the genealogy of past U.S. Presidents. Research shows at least five U.S. presidents had black ancestors and Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third president, was considered the first black president, according to historian Leroy Vaughn, author of Black People and Their Place in World History.

Vaughn's research shows Jefferson was not the only former black U.S. president. Who were the others? Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. But why was this unknown? How were they elected president? All five of these presidents never acknowledged their black ancestry.

Bill Clinton's Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy